ColdFusion 8 Developer Tutorial

An intense guide to creating professional ColdFusion web applications: get up to speed in ColdFusion and learn how to integrate with other web 2.0 technologies

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Book Details

ISBN 139781847194121

Paperback400 pages

About This Book

Fast-paced guide to important ColdFusion development topics

Packed with example code and real-world knowledge

Coverage of using AJAX in ColdFusion

Also covers ColdFusion 8 Update 1

Who This Book Is For

This book is for web developers working with ColdFusion 8.

If your goal is to get a good grounding in the basics of the language as quickly as possible and put a site together quickly, this book is ideal for you. If you want to learn more about professional programming of ColdFusion, this book is definitely for you.

No prior knowledge of ColdFusion is expected, but basic knowledge of general web and software development skills is assumed.

Wrapping a Google map library into our code with a custom tag for simplified interactive maps, and creating a multi-state form list wrapped in a custom tag

Controlling site content based on current user permissions

ColdFusion AJAX Layout features and ColdFusion widgets

Enhancing the user interface with AJAX

Searching with a database, features of Verity search solution, how to integrate a third-party search solution

Managing files, emails, and images for a dynamic website

Integrating Feed, REST, and SOAP web services for interacting with other sites

Creating data-driven reports in ColdFusion with several styles and interactions

Presenting dynamic contents on your site using CFPresentation

In Detail

Adobe ColdFusion is an application server, renowned for rapid development of dynamic websites, with a straightforward language (CFML), powerful methods for packaging and reusing your code, and AJAX support that will get developers deep into powerful web applications quickly.

This book is the most intense guide to creating professional ColdFusion applications available. Packed with example code, and written in a friendly, easy-to-read style, this book is just want you need if you are serious about ColdFusion.

This book will give you clear, concise and, of course, practical guidance to take you from the basics of ColdFusion 8 to the skills that will make you a ColdFusion developer to be reckoned with.

ColdFusion expert John Farrar will teach you how about the basics of ColdFusion programming, application architecture, and object reuse, before showing you a range of topics including AJAX library integration, RESTful Web Services, PDF creation and manipulation, and dynamically generated presentation files that will make you the toast of your ColdFusion developer town.

This book digs deep with the basics, with real-world examples of the how and whys, to get more done faster with ColdFusion 8.

This book also covers the new features of ColdFusion 8 Update 1.

Authors

John Farrar

John Farrar is a man who has a passion for pragmatic technology. He started working on computers in the late 70s and has watched the trends as closely as he watches the milestones. His work included programming on early computers, repairing military flight simulators in the navy, and working on web technology that helps people get business done. This work included building early commerce solutions for Apple, Brunswick Recreation, and Casio and working for a number of other companies along the letters of the alphabet. He is inspired and passionate about understanding the need before choosing the technology that answers the challenge.

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Fast paced, concentrated introductions showing the quickest way to put the tool to work in the real world.

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A collection of practical self-contained recipes that all users of the technology will find useful for building more powerful and reliable systems.

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Guides you through the most common types of project you'll encounter, giving you end-to-end guidance on how to build your specific solution quickly and reliably.

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